The Vedas are the oldest source-books of religion in India. In this book, Dr. Bose has rendered into English selected hymns from all the four Vedas. The original Vedic text has also been given alongside the translation. The author has been guided in his translation by the work of orientalists, eastern and western. Unlike many of them, the author shows no preoccupation with the external forms and rituals of Vedic worship. His emphasis is on the poetic and ...